I wonder if, Indian Well tournament director, Charlie Pasarell, is aware that the image featured on the WTA logo, that is the topic of the tournament's web site article, is none other than VENUS WILLIAMS?

Tee Rexx
Chairman, Williams Tennis Association
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In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep
Through the desert of the truth
To the river so deep
We all end in the ocean
We all start in the streams
We're all carried along
By the river of dreams
In the middle of the night

One-eyed Williams fans see everything as being Williams-related, irma.

" The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in battle "" When you're not training, someone else is training... TO KICK YOUR ASS! "" It's not the size of the dog in a fight, but the size of the fight in a dog. "

What the hell does that have to do with Charlie?? I wish some of you guys would pull that log out of your ass about Charlie Pasarell. He has nothing to do with what happened that day and is a well-respected, nice guy. He has never been anything but complimentary about Venus or Serena. He wants them to play, he is sad that they won't, life goes on.

Tratree - I think 'nothing' is a bit of a stretch. Although I'd agree he had no power to compell behaviour. But the annopuncers for the tournament were calling two of his player criminals repeatedly. (Fixing matches is a felony in the USA. Jail time.) Unless he thinks its true, he has a corporate responsibility to his sponsors and investors to tell those announcers to shut the hell up.

Afterward, he was between a rock and a hard place. If he calls the crowd that bought his MOST EXPENSIVE tickets a pack of white supremacists bigots, how many of them will buy tickets next year? If he doesn't, then he alienates two of the biggest stars on the tour.

He didn't really have a choice. After the fact.

But it turns out that the announcers DON'T have to claim the Williams sisters fix their matches. They DON'T have to find players who'll say that on camera. They DON' Thave to bring the issue up.

Because after Inidain Wells 2001, they stopped. Maybe, just MAYbe, Charlie should have stopped them sooner.

Proud to be an AmericanNot blind. Not uninformed. We are party to atrocities. But the response of the world after 9/11 is worth noting. Even our most dire enemies offered aid. We should all be so lucky.

No Tee, I am no relation to Charlie, but I happen to see him at IW every year and I think I might know a bit more about him personally than you or other people who continually pin what happened in IW on him.

As for Charlie being responsible for what ESPN commentators or players in the tournament say, I would answer WHAT? How the heck is he supposed to control what Pam, MJ and Cliffy say, not to mention Dementieva.

Anyways, if you guys want to waste time crucifying the guy, go for it. I'm so sick of this topic it's not even funny. I'm just gonna go enjoy some good tennis next week at IW.